Nicholas Girod was a French merchant and the sixth mayor of New Orleans, in office from late 1812 until S ...

Nicholas Girod was a French merchant and the sixth mayor of New Orleans, in office from late 1812 until September 1815. His former residence in the city’s French Quarter is known as Napoleon House. Ho ...

On this day in 1502, the Europeans discovered St. Helena Island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The ...

On this day in 1502, the Europeans discovered St. Helena Island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The island is famous as the last residence of Napoleon Bonaparte. The British captured Napoleon, an ...